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2020 Publications Review

Written by
Chloe Duane
Posted on
29th January 202131st January 2021

Members of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre published a number of journal articles, chapters and books in 2020. Books Samuel Beckett’s Philosophy Notes, edited by Steven Matthews, Co-Director of The Samuel…Read More >

2020 Publications Review

‘Beckett’s Intermedial Ecosystems’ available for free download until 5th February

Written by
Chloe Duane
Posted on
28th January 202119th March 2021

‘Beckett’s Intermedial Ecosystems’ by Anna McMullan is free to download from Cambridge University Press until 5th February at the following URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/becketts-intermedial-ecosystems/80129EE23DA811CA550E66BA405963D3# “Beckett’s closed space texts combine qualities of confined…Read More >

Happy Days – creating art from archives

Written by
Donna Walton
Posted on
7th September 202018th December 2020

It is well-known that the University’s Special Collections are home to the world’s largest archive for the Nobel-Prize winning writer, Samuel Beckett with over 600 items of original material, including manuscript…Read More >

Happy Days – creating art from archives

How the world’s largest Samuel Beckett collection came to Reading

Written by
Donna Walton
Posted on
24th February 202018th December 2020

Manuscripts, notebooks and papers relating to world-famous novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett go on display at the University library today to mark its official re-opening. Beckett’s biographer Professor James (Jim)…Read More >

How the world’s largest Samuel Beckett collection came to Reading

Beckett Week 2019 (6 – 9 November 2019)

Written by
Alex Daykin
Posted on
14th October 201930th April 2021

Minghella Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading  Join us this year for Beckett Week at the University of Reading! If you’re a fan of Beckett’s work, there will be something…Read More >

Beckett Week 2019 (6 – 9 November 2019)

The “Murphy” Manuscript

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Posted on
21st July 201921st May 2020

In 2013 the University of Reading acquired the hand-written manuscript for Murphy, Samuel Beckett’s first published novel and the first major expression of the central themes that would occupy much of…Read More >

The “Murphy” Manuscript

Where am I in all of this? — Musician and composer Tim Parkinson reflects on Beckett’s work and archive

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Posted on
12th April 201921st May 2020

In May 2018, the musician and composer Tim Parkinson began work as the Beckett Centre’s second Creative Fellow. As an experimental composer Tim is very much aware of the tradition…Read More >

Where am I in all of this? — Musician and composer Tim Parkinson reflects on Beckett’s work and archive

Announcing ‘Mouthpieces’ by Eimear McBride

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5th April 201928th January 2020

We’re thrilled to announce that ‘Mouthpieces’, the new work by Eimear McBride, written during her inaugural Creative Fellowship at the Samuel Beckett Research Centre, has recently been broadcast by RTE…Read More >

Announcing ‘Mouthpieces’ by Eimear McBride

Beckett Week 2018 (22-24 November)

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9th November 201814th May 2020

Modernist Archives in Context: Periodicals and Performance Q&A with award-winning novelist, Eimear McBride Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Beckett International Foundation Registration is now open for our annual Beckett…Read More >

Beckett Week 2018 (22-24 November)

Beckett on the BBC: A blog by Jonathan Bignell

Written by
Alex Daykin
Posted on
8th August 201819th March 2021

Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama – Samuel Beckett’s Plays on BBC TV By Professor Jonathan Bignell Samuel Beckett is probably best known as a theatre dramatist, but there…Read More >

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